Juliana L Holm wrote:
> > They do? Who wants a waiter spending more time with them? ALl I want a waiter to do is
> > to take my order and bring my food, check on me once in a while to see if I need
> > anything else. I don't want them breathing over my shoulder. I am there with friends /
> > family / associates, not to hobnob with the wait staff.
>
> Then I suggest you avoid such restaurants.
??? Why?
Are those the reasons you go to restaurants? If I was dining out to make friends or meet
clients it's not the wait staff that I am aiming for. I go for the food. Good service is part
of the package.
Maybe I should walk in and pull my pants down and see if the wait staff will kiss my ass.
That seems to be the sort of treatment some people expect from waiters.
> > Call me a cheap SOB, but if I am already paying 3-4 times as much for something because
> > it is a special restaurant, or if they are simply over priced, then the service had
> > better be bloody great just to get the 15% because I am already being gouged.
>
> You're a cheap SOB. Don't go to such restaurants. You won't enjoy yourself, anyway.
Oh? Should I feel better about myself because I paid $10 for a drink that I could have got
elsewhere for $4? Should I enjoy myself that I left a $2 tip instead of $1? Should it make
me feel special because I can make people dance for my coins?
When I go for dinner I tip. But I ain't no rube. I work hard for my money and I see no
reason to be flaunting it my playing financial power games with people who wait on tables
because they can't find a better job than that.
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